Category Archives: News
Ultra Power Plus vs Tide
Wow, I just came across a petition that makes me thankful for Norwex Ultra Power Plus Laundry Detergent! The petition (and link) reads: Tide: Get Cancer-Causing Chemicals Out of Laundry Detergent Thankfully Norwex Ultra Power Plus Laundry Detergent does not … Continue reading
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Antibacterial Soap
Triclosan, the ingredient in antibacterial soap is back in the news. Check out this article by The Globe and Mail - Ottawa to review safety of key ingredient in anti-bacterial soap. Triclosan is suspected to interfere with thyroid function. The good … Continue reading
Clorox and Sunlight not so Green
Two in one day, sheesh! Although claiming to be Green, or environmentally friendly, both Clorox GreenWorks and Sunlight Green Clean contain petrochemicals with the Sunlight brand containing ~38% petrochemicals according to this CBC article: Some ‘green’ detergents contain petrochemicals.
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SC Johnson Settles over Green Seal logo
It appears that big cleaning chemical companies are trying to ride the environmental wave by being fakers and posers. In this case, creating a logo to fool the customers into thinking their product is environmentally friendly. You’ve got to love … Continue reading
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Cleaning chemicals and Autism
I recently read an article “Are Chemicals Contributing to Autism rise?” The main points of the article are that (A) cleaning chemicals affect hormones and (B) hormones affect brain development and the immune system and (C) autism is about brain … Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson's lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by a group of consumers alleging Johnson & Johnson’s baby shampoo includes potentially cancer-causing chemicals will be allowed to go forward, according to a federal court judge In Newark. Read more here: Johnson & Johnson’s lawsuit
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Norwex in the News
Check out Norwex Success! Dauphin’s clean team aims for billion-dollar sales Winnipeg Free Press
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Triclosan
The Montreal Gazette recently published this great article about growing concerns over chemicals in the every day products that we use. Here’s a quote from the article: Smith, who banished triclosan from his home years ago after reading studies identifying … Continue reading
Synthetic chemicals found in newborns
This is a “must read” : Synthetic Chemicals found in newborns
Filed under chemicals, Environment, News
Swine Flu – Influenza A H1N1 and Norwex
Once Swine Flu was renamed to Influenza A H1N1, it dawned on me that Norwex® Antibac Microfiber might be successful in slowing down and even ceasing the transmission of the illness to others by using Norwex® Antibac Microfiber products to clean homes … Continue reading
